When is cricket season in Texas? Late summer and early fall signal the beginning of cricket season in Texas. If you’re not from around here, you might think the vast swarms of field crickets are a sign of an impending apocalypse. The good news is that the world will not end. The bad news is …
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What kind of ticks live in Texas? The four most common ticks in Texas are the American Dog tick, the brown dog tick, the black-legged tick, and the lone star tick. These arachnids thrive during the warm spring and summer months. Ticks tend to hide in overgrown grass, brush, bushes, low-lying vegetation, and branches. Unfortunately, …
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With its warm, dry climate, Texas provides ideal conditions for arachnids. When we think of arachnids, most people tend to think of spiders or even ticks, but scorpions also belong to this classification. If you’re in Texas and see a scorpion, chances are it’s the striped bark scorpion. This particular scorpion happens to be quite …
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We talk often about the prevention and treatment for some of our most common Central Texas pests, but, this month, we are going to share some interesting facts about the pesky critters! While there are tens of thousands of different kinds of insects inhabiting Texas, we’re going to explore four of the most common ones …
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Cooler weather, sweaters, Friday night lights, and pumpkin spiced lattes. We all have our own reasons to look forward to fall, and one of those is often the sudden lack of many of the pests that plague our outdoor activities during the summer months. So, where do all the pests go? Do the bugs just …
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If you’ve ever seen the movie Forrest Gump, you’ve heard Bubba’s list of shrimp centric dishes. Well, Texas is a bit like that when it comes to flying insects. You’ll find the common house fly – and not just in your house. We’ve got house flies, deer flies, horse flies, blow flies, fruit flies, flesh …
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Spring has sprung! Spring brings us longer days, birdsong, greener grass, beautiful blooms… and bugs. Don’t forget the spiders! Here in Texas, we can’t prevent the seasons from changing, but we can be prepared for the changes the seasons bring. In this article, we’ll give a bit of advice on how to prepare for the …
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